A Place to Live (Philadelphia Housing Authority; Philadelphia Housing Association)

Russian Soil (Amkino)

Soldiers of the Sky (Truman Talley; Twentieth Century-Fox)

War Clouds in the Pacific (National Film Board of Canada; MGM)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Walt Disney

Special Awards

To Rey Scott for his extraordinary achievement in producing Kukan, the film record of China's struggle, including its photography with a 16mm camera under the most difficult and dangerous conditions

To the British Ministry of Information for its vivid and dramatic presentation of the heroism of the R.A.F. in the documentary film Target for Tonight

To Leopold Stokowski and his associates for their unique achievement in the creation of a new form of visualized music in Walt Disney's production, Fantasia, thereby widening the scope of the motion picture as entertainment and as an art form

To Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins and the RCA Manufacturing Company for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia